Rock is not dead, but it's VERY sick.
Limp, Kid Rock and every other new angst roick band sucks.
Good rock comes and goes, just like tecno and pop.
Come on.. Who likes Chers 'believe' or all the euro pop acts, what only seems to make cover songs.
The whole industry is suffering. Currently Backst. Boys and the like rule the charts along with bad rap
and soulless rock.

The cure to all this ?
The net.
There are a lot of great small labels in every genre online.
There is still a lot of great music out there, you just have to dig deeper.
I don't listen to the radio any more, but use http://www.Spinner.com
There are tons of cool music there.